Annapolis, Maryland

Facilities and Attractions

State House

The Maryland State House is the oldest in continuous legislative use in the United States. Construction started in 1772, and the Maryland legislature first met there in 1779. It is topped by the largest wooden dome built without nails in the nation. The Maryland state house housed the workings of the government from November 26 1783 to August 13 1784, and the Treaty of Paris was ratified there on January 14, 1784, so Annapolis became the first peacetime capital of the US.

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Maryland State House - November 26 - 1783 - August 13 - 1784 - January 14

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It was in the Maryland state house that George Washington famously resigned his commission before the Continental Congress on December 23 1783. George Washington, who had argued vigorously for Annapolis to become the permanent home to the United States Capitol, had a strong attachment to the Maryland state house and instructed Pierre L'Enfant to model the dome of the Capitol building in Washington DC after it.

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George Washington - Continental Congress - December 23 - 1783 - Pierre L'Enfant - Capitol building - Washington DC

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United States Naval Academy

[[Image:bfc_annapolis_md_usna_bancroft_hall_01w.jpg|thumb|right|US Naval Academy. Bancroft Hall. Photo early 1900's.

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Boris Feldblyum Collection]]

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• The United States Naval Academy was built in 1854 on the site of Fort Severn, and now occupies large areas of reclaimed land by the Severn River next to the Chesapeake Bay.

Other

The Annapolis area was the home of a VLF-transmitter called NSS Annapolis, used by the United States Navy to communiate with its Atlantic submarine fleet.

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VLF - NSS Annapolis

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